A Guide to Import Goods

Are My Goods Subject to Quota?
08/28/2009
Provides information to assist in determining whether merchandise is subject to quota restrictions as well as links to relevant references.

Commodity Status Report for Tariff Rate Quotas
03/12/2012
The weekly commodity status report is for imported agriculture, food products, textile products, and other merchandise subject to Tariff Rate Quotas/Tariff Preference Levels.

Electronic Certification System (eCERT)
An electronic government-to-government system for transmitting a certificate, like an export license/certificate or a certificate of eligibility, used for importation into the United States for specific commodities as a requirement to qualify for in-quota or tariff preference rates of duty.

Electronic Visa Information System (ELVIS)
General Information, application instructions, and technical specifications for the ELVIS program

Historical Tariff-Rate Quota/Tariff Preference Level Fill Rates
This list of files contains spreadsheets with historical fill rates for completed quota periods. Tariff-rate quotas and tariff preference levels by year/quota period (and country where applicable) are included. Please note, while HQ Quota endeavors to provide current information, this data may not reflect additions or deletions made to particular restraint limits since the last update. Information on fill rates for current periods is available on the Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.

Quota Book Transmittals (QBTs)
05/15/2012
Quota information issued for the trade community by the HQ Quota Branch, Textile/Apparel Policy and Programs Division

Textile Status Report for Absolute Quotas
Status report for imported textile/apparel merchandise subject to absolute quotas and safeguards. Daily Textile Status Reports are no longer available because there are no absolute quotas currently in place.